{"id":85767,"date":"2026-09-03T00:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85767"},"modified":"2026-09-03T08:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:18:36","slug":"elizabeths-corner-this-fleeting-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/elizabeths-corner-this-fleeting-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth&#8217;s Corner: The Seed Fell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">(Inspired by Therese the Little Flower)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><em>By Elizabeth Grace, @divinacatholicpoetry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The seed fell<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The ground was good<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And in the radiance of morning sun<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And in the soaking of afternoon storms<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There was a sprout<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Though little, it grew<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Its first tiny leaf whipped by winds<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Poked and prodded by earthly creatures<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But it grew<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Into a stalk<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Into a bud<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Each day it bent with the breeze<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tilting north, south, east, west<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It surrendered in joy<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Knowing it need not fear or toil over its life<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And then came the bloom<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rich and red and remarkable<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And the gales were filled with its fragrance<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Which descended on the grass and the weeds<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It sparkled with the dew of dawn<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And delighted the eye of the gardener<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One little flower, one little rose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Became the crown of the garden<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Which now overflows<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thosecatholicmen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/therese3.jpg\" alt=\"The Little Flower Is Tougher Than You\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Inspired by Therese the Little Flower) By Elizabeth Grace, @divinacatholicpoetry The seed fell The ground was good And in the.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}